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• Athletics Team Competition

  Mon 28 Jan 2019
  What a fantastic competition it was tonight! A fantastic well done to all our our boys and girls! The pure determination to complete the events and be the best they could be made us so, so proud.

  I tried to get some photographs but they moved so quickly they are all blurred! 🙈

  Another fantastic event for our pupils! We have exceptionally high hopes for them when they are in Y6 as they can already keep up with their opponents now! We do not know the results of the event yet, but parents will be informed when we do know. Well done everyone!

  

• Jodrell Bank

  Wed 23 Jan 2019
  Journey into Space
  In this workshop we discovered more about the incredible journey of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, in 1969. We found out how they prepared for their journey. On the morning they ate a big breakfast, packed their bags and put on their special clothing. We identified and classified the items that the astronauts would need to pack for their mission and the children were disgusted to discover that they would need to wear nappies on their journey! We also learnt that there would be no gravity in the rocket, so astronauts would need to drink out of a bottle instead of a cup. The children loved sharing the information they had learnt at school and learning more about this incredible journey. Finally we made rockets that blasted into the air!

  Planetarium
  The children loved exploring the current night sky; viewing the seasonal constellations as imagined by the Ancient Greeks and exploring the visible planets.

  Outdoor exhibits and the space and planet pavillions.
  The children were so inquisitive and really embraced the day. They asked plenty of thought provoking questions and used their research skills and observational skills to answer questions in their booklet or dotted around jodrell bank. A super day packed with learning.

  

• Cross Country Intra Comp

  Thu 17 Jan 2019
  Our Year 5 children took part in the local cross country intra competition. They competed against other schools from year groups 5 to 6 at Leigh Harriers. All of the children worked really hard with some excellent finishing times! Our school came overall 11th out of 25 competing schools. Go team St Johns!  

  

• Archery Competition

  Thu 17 Jan 2019
  Today a selection of our key stage 1 boys attended our local intra competition for archery. They had to compete against other local schools in a round of heats. Successful schools then moved on to the final stage to compete for medals. Our children did very well showing excellent team work and sportsmanship. Well done Everyone! 

  

• World War II Air Raid Shelters

  Fri 11 Jan 2019
  Wow! What a fantastic trip we have had today to the World War II air shelters in Stockport. The children were placed in the scenario that they were evacuees at the start of the war. They were taken to a place where they were shown how to stay safe during the war. They were shown how to put on gas masks and how to recognise the different types of gas masks. They were shown what type of bombs might be falling, what an air raid siren sounded like, what the black out looked like and about the type of people that would help them during the war. In the second room, they were shown what the homefront was like. The kind of topics covered included rationing, make do and mend, food, Jobs for people to help with the war, the type of close people wore, Music of the period and general household chores such as cleaning the rugs. Within the evacuee scenario and role play, this was to prepare them for when their new parents selected them.

  After the children had eaten their dinner they got the chance to play some World War II type games. They had no instructions and therefore needed to work out how to play them, or needed to invent their own games with the resources they were given.

  During our afternoon session, they were taken, still in the scenario, down to the public air raid shelters. They were taught how they should behave during a raid and all the kind of things that should be done while in the air raid shelter. They found out that up to 4000 people could shelter from an air raid during the war. They also learned about the conditions during a raid; this included things like how people slept, what people ate, what they did they were sick or pregnant, how safe they were due to the construction and what would happen if any bombs were dropped around them.

  The children enjoyed this experience a lot. The children and grown ups alike, actually learned what the feeling of being evacuee was truly like. The actors were so convincing that some of the children actually thought we were going to leave them with a new family tonight (You may get more hugs tonight than you expected). Even some of the teachers became emotional at the thought of leaving the children behind (after being in role all day, everything seemed real!)

  We did reassure the children that they were returning home, but some of them were in role so much that they became very emotional. We discussed how by feeling those emotions, they were able to put emaelves in the shoes of the evacuees. We are hoping to include some of these feelings in our writing over the next few weeks.

  It was also commented on how well behaved they were and how well the children listened to the people that were speaking. Well done year 5.

  A very deep, moving and memorable day which the children thoroughly enjoyed!